they were able to write that off against their taxes. they get this thing called the masters limited partnership giving them $4.4 billion over the enyears. what that allows them to do is do some tricky stuff with corporate taxation in order to escape corporate taxes. they just go on and on. they claim they're a manufacturing industry they get a tax break for that. there's just a ton of little goodies in there for the most profitable industry in the world, and i think that chef ron and exxon mobil don't need my money. i think they're doing fine and i think they ought to be out there in the free market like they claim they want to be. >> cenk: let's talk about that free market. in the first half of 2012, the oil companies just in half a year got over $60 billion worth of profit. >> yikes! >> cenk: $60 billion in profits. >> that's pretty good new that's great. why do they need our money? why do they need subsidies. >> because they want more. >> cenk: it's an inescapable conclusion that your colleagues are bought, corrupt they take money an